Month: January 2018

WASHINGTON — When he walked out of the Rose Garden on Saturday, President Obama studiously ignored the shouted question from a reporter: What happens if Congress says no? Defying expectations that a U.S. military strike was imminent, Obama stunned nearly everyone by announcing that, while he had decided that the United States should take […]

The idea that the departure of a United Nations chemical weapons inspection team from Syria opens a window for a U.S. attack is "grotesque," the top U.N spokesman said Saturday. At a news conference Saturday, spokesman Martin Nesirky said about 1,000 international and U.N. staff remain in Syria, and the United Nations is just […]

Nelson Mandela remains hospitalized in a critical but stable condition, the office of South Africa's president said Saturday. Several news organizations, including CNN and the BBC, reported that former South African president Nelson Mandela had been released from the hospital, prompting a statement from President Jacob Zuma to clarify that Mandela remained in a […]

WASHINGTON — President Obama said on Saturday that he was ready to take military action against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime in retaliation for their alleged use of chemical weapons, but that he will seek the approval of Congress before carrying out any military strike. Obama says congressional leaders have agreed to schedule a […]

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday tapped a veteran diplomat as the Vatican's No. 2 to replace the Holy See's secretary of state, who in recent years increasingly became a divisive figure in the church's hierarchy. The Vatican announced that Archbishop Pietro Parolin, 58, an Italian a former deputy foreign minister at […]

A massive California wildfire that began two weeks ago is still raging, affecting firefighters, residents and tourists in the area. "Despite firefighters' efforts, the remote Rim Fire burning near and in Yosemite National Park continues to be very active," the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said in a statement Saturday morning. "Overnight, […]

I am sure that many watchers of political events in Rivers State would not have imagined that the political crisis rocking that state could last this long, especially against the backdrop that members of the clergy, traditional rulers, civil society, opinion leaders, to mention a few, have made frantic efforts as they know how to […]

CBS/AP) WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Authorities say there has been a shooting at a high school in Winston-Salem, N.C. and that a student is in custody, CBS affiliate WFMY reports. Winston-Salem-Forsyth County Schools spokesman Theo Helm said Friday afternoon that the shooting occurred at Carver High School, which is on the city's northeast side. […]

TUOLUMNE CITY, Calif. — Life is slow and uneventful in Tuolumne, an old mining and logging town of 1,800 residents in the Sierra Nevada foothills. It's not on the road to any tourist destinations, storefronts have sat empty for years and usually the only traffic is to the casino or the grocery store on the […]

Los Angeles: Khloe Kardashian`s husband Lamar Odom has been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Odom, 33, who has been accused of cheating on his socialite wife, was pulled over by the California Highway Patrol not for speeding but rather for going too slow on 50 MPH, reported Ace […]